Joseph zwick



(No Model.)

J. ZWICK. TOY 0R PUZZLE.

No. 586,942. Patented July 20, 1897.

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PATENT Trios.

ANTHONY TOY OR PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,942, dated July 20,1897.

Serial No. 633,677. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH ZwIcK, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of New York, in the county and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys or Puzzles, ofwhich the following is a specication, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

This invention relates to toys or puzzles of that class in which amovable body is made to pass, by skilful manipulation, from onecompartment to another of an inclosure; and it has for its objecttoproduce a novel device of this character which by reason of its noveltywill afford amusement and entertainment and which will also call forththe exercise of care and skill in the accomplishment of the desiredresult.

The improved toy or puzzle comprises in general a box or casing which isdivided into compartments by suitable partitions. Apertures are formedthrough the box or casing into each compartment and larger apertures areformed in each partition. A ball placed in one compartment and of suchsize as to pass through the apertures in the partitions, but not throughthe apertures in the outer walls, is struck by a suitable instrumentintroduced through the apertures in the walls and in this manner is madeto pass from one compartment to another, the object being to make theball pass through the entire series of compartments.

In the accompanying drawings, in which my invention is represented asembodied in a desirable form, Figure l is, a perspective view of thecomplete device, including an instrument with which the ball is to bestruck or knocked. Fig. 2 is Aa vertical central section of the device,showing the ball in the upper compartment. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 aresectional plan views on the planes indicated by the lines a, y y, and ,cz, respectively, of Fig. 2.,

In the embodiment of the invention represented in the drawings the boxor casing A is in the general form of a pigeon-coop and its interior isdivided into a series of compartments A', A2, A3, and A4 bycorresponding partitions B', B2, B3, and B4. An aperture a is formed,preferably, in the top of the box or casing to permit of theintroduction of the ball or other movable body B, which represents thecat or other animal to be driven out of the coop. A flap a is left toprevent extended observation of the upper compartment A' through theaperture a, as well as manipulation of the ball through said aperture.In the outer walls of each compartment are 6o formed one or moreapertures a2, which are of less diameter than the ball B, so thattheball cannot escape through them, although -it maybe exposed to View ateach one. The partitions B' B2 B3 B4 are preferably neither 6 5perfectly horizontal nor perfectly flat, but are both bent and inclined.The upper partition n B, for instance, may be concaved and inclineddownward toward the aperture a2 in the wall of the compartment, whilethe apen 7c, ture Z7 in the partition itself is at substantially thehighest point of the partition or near it, or at least is not at thelowest part nor at any point where the ball would naturally run into itwhen left to itself. The partitionB2 may 75 be generally pyramidal withits aperture b at or near its apex. The partition B3 may have a centralridge with an aperture b at one or both sides thereof. The -partition B4may be generally pyramidal with apertures Z9 in the 8o sides thereof. Itwill be understood,however, that the partitions may be variously formed,it being desirable merely that they shall not be perfectly iiat and thatthe apertures shall not be at the lowest points nor at such points 8 5that the ball or movable body B shall naturally roll into them. Aguard-plate B5, haying an aperture o, may be disposed below the lowestpartition B4 to protect the same and to prevent examination thereof. 9o

The ball or other movable body B may be struck and knocked about by anysuitable means, but I prefer such a device as that shown in Fig. l at D,which has a comparatively short point or portion d, adapted to enterfreely the apertures a2, and back of it a shoulder or enlargement cl,which is too large to enter the apertures d2, thereby requiring the ballB to be moved about by v striking or knocking and preventing it from rocbeing pushed to the aperture b in the partition.

The mode of use of my improved toy or puzzle will be readily understood.The ball or other movable body is introduced into the iirst compartmentof the series and is thenl. A toy or puzzle comprising a box or cas`ing, a series of partitions dividing said box or casing intocompartments, and a movable body, the walls of the compartments havingapertures through which the body may be struck but of less diameter thanthe body, and the partitions having apertures to permit the passage ofthe body through them, substantially as shown and described.

2. A toy or puzzle comprising a box or casing, a series of inclined andbent partitions dividing` said box or casing into compartments, and amovable body, the walls of the compartments having apertures throughwhich the body may be struck but of less diameter than the body and thepartitions having apertures to permit the passage of the body throughthem, substantially as shown and described.

A toy or puzzle comprising a box o r casing, a series of partitionsdividing said box or easing into compartments, and a movable body, thewall of the iirst compartment having an aperture to admit said body, thewalls of the several compartments having apertures through which thebody may be struck but of less diameter than the body and the partitionshaving apertures to permit the passage of the body through them,substantially as shown and described.

il. The combination with a box or casing, a series of partitionsdividing said box or casing into compartments, a movable body, the wallsof the compartments having apertures through which the body may bestruck but ot less diameter than the body and the partitions havingapertures to permit the passage of the body through them, and a strikerhaving a point to enter the apertures in the Walls of the compartmentsand a shoulder of larger diameter than said apertures to limit thedistance to which said point can enter the compartment, substantially asshown and described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 9th day of April, A. D.1807.

JOSEPH Z\VICK.

ln presence of- XV. B. GREELEY, F. M. EucLEsroN.

